Nigeria
Leadership | 10-Aug-2020
Nigeria is undertaking series of reforms of the country’s bilateral investment treaties to attract responsible, inclusive, balanced and sustainable investments.
SOMO | 1-Mar-2019
Shell used the investment agreement between the Netherlands and Nigeria to obtain a lucrative oil field at remarkably good conditions.
Petro Barometer | 2-Jan-2018
Shell used an arbitration case it filed with the International Centre for the Settlement of International Disputes to railroad the government into brokering truce between it and Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd, its estranged erstwhile partner and the original licensee.
EJIL: Talk! | 16-May-2017
The treaty is an important attempt by two developing countries to move toward a new generation of BITs fully aligned with the evolution of international law.
keywords:
alternatives ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Morocco ,
Nigeria ,
reformed ISDS
EJIL: Talk! | 15-May-2017
While the debate on the treaty regulating business impact on human rights is likely to continue for a while longer, some recent developments in international investment law seem to be moving forward on international human rights law obligations for businesses
keywords:
alternatives ,
Argentina ,
human rights ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Morocco ,
Nigeria ,
reformed ISDS
ISDS Blog | 11-May-2017
Morocco and Nigeria signed a new investment treaty, which is a good illustration of the new “generation” of investment protection.
Legal Week | 28-Oct-2006
A number of African governments have made efforts to encourage investment in the continent by entering into bilateral investment treaties and adopting arbitration legislation.
keywords:
Egypt ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Nigeria ,
South Africa ,
UNCITRAL
